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Improving Resource Project Approvals (7 October2008)
The examination considered whether resource project approvals processes have improved and whether there are opportunities for further improvement. It included a focus on the level of certainty that the current approvals process provides about approval requirements, the predictability of assessment timelines and the role of forward planning.
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The Juvenile Justice System: Dealing with Young People under the Young Offenders Act 1994 (18 June 2008)
This examination focused on whether the Western Australia Police, Department of Corrective Services and Department of the Attorney General are applying the general principles of juvenile justice, set out in the Young Offenders Act 1994. We also conducted a cost benefit analysis of the redirection measures set out in the Young Offenders Act. The cost benefit analysis is included as Volume 2 (pdf) of the report.
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Lost in Transition: State Services for Humanitarian Entrants (11 June 2008)
This examination reviewed the extent to which mainstream service providers understand and adapt their delivery approaches to humanitarian entrants.
Report Summary>> | Full PDF version>> | Media Statement>>The Executive summary and Auditor General's Overiew of this report is available in Dinka, Arabic, Burmese, Farsi, and Pashto. Click on the following links.
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Audit Results Report on Universities and TAFE Colleges and other audits completed since 19 November 2007 and Performance Examinations of Risk Management, Delegation of Authority and Records Management (7 May 2008)
This report comprises four parts. Part 1: Audit Results Report covers the audit of financial statements, controls and key performance indicators of agencies. Parts 2 to 4 contain the results of three performance examinations.
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Public Sector
Performance Report 2008 (19 March 2008)
This first Public Sector Performance Report 2008 bring to notice
legislative compliance and control issues. The report incudes the
following topics: Regulation of Security Workers and Information
Security: Disposal of Government Hard Drives.
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Renewable Energy:
Knowing What We Are Getting (28 November 2007)
This examination focused on determining if Western Australians can
be confident that renewable energy bought and sold by State Government
agencies is electricity from renewable souces and is properly accounted
for.
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Audit Results
Report by Ministerial Portfolios at 19 November 2007 - Opinions
on Ministerial Notifications - Performance Examination of Administration
of Natural Resource Management Grants (28 November 2007)
This Report is presented in three parts: The first part covers atttest
audit activity to 19 November 2007. The second part explains opinions
formed under section 24(2)(c) of the Auditor General Act 2006.
The final part of the report is the results of a performance examination
of the administration of natural resource management grants in Western
Australia.
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First
Do No Harm: Reducing Adverse Events in Public Hospitals (17 October
2007)
WA Health is responding to the issue of patient safety, and hospitals
managed and investigate incidents and adverse events. The examination
focused on two key questions: Are there good systems in place to report
and analyse adverse events in WA public hospitals? and Does WA Health
learn from adverse events by implementing solutions to reduce them
and measure their effectiveness in doing so?
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Fourth Public
Sector Performance Report 2007 (26 September 2007)
This Fourth Public Sector Performance Report for 2007 brings to
notice legislative compliance and financial management and control
issues. The report includes the following topics: Management of
Asbestos-Related Risks by Government Agencies; Tracking Timber Logged
from South-West Native Forests; Establishing Contractual Arrangements
with Private Business
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Management of
Native Vegetation Clearing (5 September 2007)
This report examines the administration of specific legislation controlling
how native vegetation may be cleared in Western Australia. It looks
at the actions of the two key agencies administering the legislation:
the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Department
of Industry and Resources.
Report
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version>> | Media Statement>> |
Latest OAG Publications
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Office
of the Auditor General's Annual Report 2007-08 (29 August 2008)
This Report describes the functions and operations of the Office
of the Auditor General and presents the audited financial statements
and performance indicators for the Office for the year ended 30 June
2008.
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Audit Practice Statement
(28 November 2007)
Practice Statements are issued in accordance with section 24 of
the Auditor General Act 2006 (AG Act). This Statement replaces
the November 2003 Audit Practice Statement issued under the Financial
Administration and Audit Act 1985. This was the previous legislation
governing the functions of the
Auditor General, before the introduction of the AG Act.
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Auditor General Act 2006 |
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Auditor General Act
2006 (1 February 2007)
The Auditor General Bill passed through the WA State Parliament
in late 2006 and was proclaimed on 1 February 2007. The Auditor
General Act 2006 defines the role and work of the
Auditor General and of the Office of the Auditor General and replaces
the powers that were given under the Financial Administration
and Audit Act 1985 (FAAA). To download a copy of the Act, please
click on the link below.
Link to Auditor General
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